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GOT ON THE BUS- Friday's Journey to Washington

My goal this weekend was to share brief quick updates of my DC experience at the March on Washington, but then my hotel had no Wi-Fi and my updates were shared with no one but the confines of my mind (also greatly inhibiting my progress in the 31WriteNow challenge).

Overall the March was a blessing. The weekend was spent in good spirits connecting not only with those that I travelled with but with several people who came in a positive spirit from around the country.

Here were some of my thoughts on Day 1 (Friday)

A 1963 article
prior to the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom declared that the march was so organized it would indeed be a boring affair. My fear entering the fiftieth anniversary
commemoration was that with the excitement surrounding this march, and
following two huge inaugurations in recent history, this is so hyped, it may be
boring and ineffectual. Two
ladies I met on the Greyhound however have me thinking otherwise. They were at
the march in 1963, and have not stopped a beat in showing up and standing for
justice since- whether it be marching or celebrating. It reminded me that each
body that’s present has an effect. Numbers matter. The process of people actively communing together shows the country via the media that people care. And
really, with characters like these ladies around, how could boredom persist?

Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Kimberly Denise Williams developed an appreciation for life as culture from a young age. With a vast knowledge gained mainly from television, Kimberly writes to show the connection between history, pop culture, and social movements.